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The Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Soong) to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: It is with great pleasure that I read your statement on the anniversary of the “Mukden Incident”.51
Your message not only brings home to the American people the significance of the march of events in the Far East since 1931 and the repercussions throughout the world, but will have a heartening effect on the Chinese people who now know that their struggle has become the common cause of the American people and other peace-seeking nations.
I know that I am voicing the sentiments of my countrymen in China when I offer you, Mr. Secretary, my heartiest appreciation.
Yours sincerely,
- Public statement of September 16, 1943, Department of State Bulletin, September 18, 1943, p. 179.↩